Rule-gage.



PATENTED JAN. 21, 1908. w. MORGAN.

RULE GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 27. 1907.

INVENTOR ZYEM organ. M

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WESLEY E. MORGAN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

RULE-GAGE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 21, 1908.

Application filed April 27. 1907- Serial No. 370,720.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WESLEY E. MORGAN, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California,have invented certain new and and useful Improvements in Rule-Gages, ofwhich the following is a specification in such full and clear terms aswill enable those skilled in the art-to which it appertains toconstructand use the same.

The objects of this invention are to make a rule gage that will beapplicable to any of the common earpenters rules now on sale in thehardware stores, to make a rule gage that may be applied. to the rule atany time without being fastened to the rule in any way that requiresscrews or the like to hold it in place, and to make a gage that may becarried with the rule, if the user so desires.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide means to secure the gagein a given position on the rule without injuring the rule in any way,and at the same time providing such a fastening as will be easilychanged to any other position at any time.

Another object of the invention is to make a gage that will fold down asclose as it is possible to make it, in order that a person may oarry'therule and gage together whenever they may desire so to do.

Another object of the invention is to make a gage that may be lockedsecurely in'the position in which the gage is to be used, and at thesame time to providea latch which will be at once cheaply made as wellas eflicient.

Other objects of theinvention will appear as the description proceeds.

In the drawings, in which like numerals refer to like parts throughout,Figure 1 is a side elevation of the gage. Fig. 2 is a plan of the gage.Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the gage, and Fig. 4 is a plan of the gagewith the gage member folded down. i

The gage is composed of the body 1 which is of the proper size to goover one of the arms It is bent up so as to leave a space 6 which willpass over the pins'in the rule without injuring the same, said pinsbeing necessary to prevent in jury to the rule joints as is well known;and at the pivot end of the-gage body 1 a pair of notches 8 are cut toallow the lugs 4 to pass, in order that the lugs may touch the wood ofthe rule to hold. the gage in the proper place thereon.

The gage proper 2 is pivoted to one end of the gage body 1 by means ofthe pivots 3 which pass through the ears of the gage 2. One of theseears is provided with a notch in which the latch 5 is placed when thegage is up, to secure it in that position. This latch is small enough toturn around out of the way, as shown in Fig. 4, when the gage member maybe folded down out of the way.

Unless means to secure the gage in a given position on the rule isprovided the gage will slip when in use, and to prevent this the lugs 4are provided. These lugs extend below the top of the body of the gage ashort distance, as shown in Fig. 3, and in this way they press into thewood of the rule enough to hold the gage firmly in any desired position.The notch 7 is provided to allow the gage body to be moved along overthe pins in the rule, the notch being placed adjacent the open space 6of the'gage body 1, and .on the gage member 2 between the lugs 4.

It will be observed that when the gage member is to be lowered that theIn s 4 rise at first, so that they just pass over t e latch 5; and thegage is long enough to extend beyond the gage body to form a means toassist the user in raising the gage to the upright position.

The gage may be placed on any stick that may be of the size of the rulebody, but it is especially adapted to be used with a carpenters rule,since it folds down and takes up no extra space when not in use. It willbe observed that the latch is short enough to be entirely out of the waywhen the gage is in use, as shown in Fig. 4, since when it turns aroundto allow the gage member to lie down it lies in the space formed by thegage member hinges and the end of thegage body.

Having thus described my invention in such full and clear terms as willenable those skilled in the art to whichit appertains to construct anduse the same, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentof the United States is as follows:

1. In a rule ga e, the combination of a gage body, a ga e aving earsdepending below the top of t e gage body and pivoted to the body onopposite edges thereof near one end, a latch pivoted to the top of thegage body and adapted to take in a notch in the gage member, anddepending lugs adapted to project below the top of the gage body tosecure the gage in a given position on the rule, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a rule gage, the combination of a gage body, a age pivoted theretonear one end thereof, a atoh pivoted to the top of the body and adaptedto move in a plane parallel to the top of the body and take in a notchin the gage member, and extensions of the gage member adapted to projectbelow the top of the gage body to secure the gage in a given position onthe rule, substantially as described.

3. In a rule gage, the combination of a gage body, a gage adapted tofold doWn on the body and pivoted thereto near one end of the same andon op osite edges thereof, a latch pivoted to the body near the centerof the top thereof at one end and of less length than the Width of thebody said latohadapted to take in a notch in the gage member, and

means to secure the ga e in a given position on the rule, substantialIyas described.

4. In a rule gage, the combination of a rectangular gage body having aslot from end to end thereof, a gage pivoted to the body near one endthereof and on opposite edges of the same, a latch pivoted to the bodynear the end at Which the gage is pivoted and adapted to turn in a planeparallel to the top of the body and take in a notch in the gage member,and means carried by the gage member to secure the gage body in a givenposition on the rule, substantially as described.

5. In a rule gage, the combination of a gage body, a gage member pivotedto the body and near one end thereof, a latch pivoted to the body andshorter than the Width of the body, and adapted to secure the gagemember upright, and a lug carried by the gage member and adapted tosecure the gage in a given position on the rule.

6. In a rule gage, the combination of a gage body, a gage member pivotedthereto near one end, a latch pivoted to the body near one end and ofless length than the Width of the body and adapted to take in a notch inthe gage member, and means to secure the gage in a given position on thelug.

7. .In a rule gage, the combination of a gage body, a gage memberpivoted thereto near one end thereof and having a notch in one of itsedges, a latch pivoted to the gage body near the center of the same andbeing of less length than the Width of the gage and adapted to take inthe notch in the gage member, and a lug on the gage member adapted toproject across the metal of the gage body to hold the gage in a given.position on the rule.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of thetwo subscrib ing Witnesses this 20th day of April A. D. 1907, in thecity of San Francisco, Cal.

WVESLEY E. MORGAN.

